This is what must be realized.
Last season, Manchester City were eliminated from the Champions League. One of the biggest reasons was that they were too complacent with the aggregate they had.
But in the end, even though last season their performance was very good and their players were also great, they had to end up losing.
Now it would be very reckless if they still think that Madrid is below them, especially now that Madrid's focus is clearer for the Champions League and of course we also must not forget that Madrid are the defending champions for the Champions League.
Well, in that order of ideas, I doubt very much that they will let themselves win, because as far as I'm concerned for now,Madrid's objective is to win or beat UCL, because the League doesn't see them very well, and although they have already been able to beat Barcelona that seemed invincible, it is something that they have already passed, this undoubtedly gives more confidence,I do not want to say that City is easy, but City is only Haalan and Pep, and Pep is not playing, so this is reduced only Haaland and with 2 or 3 defenses that stand up well in front of him, any decision to attack is reduced to zero.
Now looking at the actual conditions there are several other things including player injuries that must be considered.
Modric has been confirmed absent for the first leg this time due to injury. In the Manchester City camp there is also still no clarity about De Bruyne's current condition.
I think the conditions will be different if there are several core players who ultimately will not be able to strengthen the team when the match takes place later. In the follow-up match in La Liga yesterday, Madrid lost a lot of their players and you can't see it in the banch squad that was shown, this is a bit of a worry, of course, I think, considering that apart from experience, the condition of the players is also important.
but you are right that the performance of Ac Milan and Inter Milan in Serie A cannot be a measure of their abilities in the UCL. because like in the quarter-finals and the round of 16. Inter and Ac Milan managed to surprise us. but for this semi-final match I will probably favor Inter Milan.
The focus is the main factor this time.
Milan and Inter we know their performance is not too erratic in Serie A but when talking about the Champions League it is a different story of course.
The reason is because they are more focused here and of course no team wants to lose the chance to make the final especially for Inter and Milan in the Champions League, it's been a long time since they felt like they were in the final.